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Donnerstag, 31. Dezember 2015

Dear
friends,

looking
back often makes me somewhat melancholic as it always seems involved
with a feeling of loss, of things and times that have gone by and
will never come back again. Thus I never really like looking back.

On
the other hand: looking back on a year full of crochet actually makes
me smile and happy. That is why I'd like to share my year of crochet
with you.

Early
January I started my blog. Being a complete amateur it did take a
while till things worked out the way I thought they should. I know, I
hardly ever said “Hello and welcome” to any of you personally,
followers nor visitors, but you should know that I feel immensely
honoured each time you pop in! I'm looking forwards to yet another
year full of crochet, creativity and surprises to share with you all!

And
now a small selection of crochet that came into being in my little
studio:

Montag, 28. Dezember 2015

Dear
friends,

A
colleague of mine has a verrry soft spot for Sweden. She and her
husband even bought a house there years ago. Thus she's off to Sweden
whenever she's able to. I can fully understand her, cause I feel
pretty much the same about Scotland (haven't got a house there
though). If you'd let me, I'd be ready to leave within the hour –
rubbish! - within ten minutes (hardly need anything but yarn)! Cheerio!

A
little while back this colleague asked me if I could crochet her a
few flowers to appliqué onto a jumper, of course in Swedish blue and
yellow.

Having
plenty of WIP and to-dos left, but not feeling like any of them
during the Christmas days, I started crocheting these flowers. As I
do not know what they should be like, I made a few. I'll take them
with me tomorrow, so my colleague can have a look and choose. Actually - I think
I'll just give her all of them...

Dienstag, 22. Dezember 2015

Dear Friends,

during
our short stay at my parent's last November, my mother took me to a
shop where one can buy plenty of pretty little thingies as well as...
YARN! Did not buy much yarn though, just these four skeins, mostly
cause my mum liked the colour-scheme.

It
took me a while to think of what I could turn the yarn into as I
intended to crochet something for my mother, which is not all that
easy... After a while I had a mental picture of
collar-kind-of-something so I got crocheting. See for yourselves what
it turned out to be:

I
have no pattern really. Just started off with 70 chain stitches and
continued crocheting the moss stitch for the collar. This one being
long enough I increased the amount of stitches by crocheting two moss
stitches in every second loop instead of just the one. Further on I
simply modeled shoulders and back increasing the odd stitch here and
there. Before I made the edging (crab stitch + ch 1) I included five
buttonholes thus the collar can be buttoned up nearly all the way up.

Donnerstag, 17. Dezember 2015

Dear
friends,

right
now I have absolutely no time at all to crochet. Therefore I thought
I'd show you one of the Christmas gifts.

As
only few of my real-life acquaintances actually read my blog, there
is little chance I'll spoil someone's surprise. And even if this
particular person should read this post, she still doesn't know she
has just seen her present!

Some
of you might remember the first go I had at making a blanket. I had
already crocheted 72 granny squares till I knew I was not happy with
the colour-scheme. 24 of the grannies I turned into a cushion for my
mum's birthday (read here), the next 24 into a bag: Ta-Dah!

I
know, I did promise you I'd write the pattern of the granny square
down, but I haven't managed so far yet, therefore my wonderful
drawing will have to do (sorry!).

P.S.:
The grannies are made in Stylecraft Special DK (Saffron/1081,
Bluebell/1082, Meadow/1065 and Magenta/1084) with a N°4 hook. The
joining and the border in Stylecraft Special DK Cream/1005.

Samstag, 12. Dezember 2015

Dear
friends,

the
next two weeks will be rather stressful. Not because of Christmas
though – no stress there (have already got all the presents and I'm
enjoying the Christmas tree) – but because of birthday parties!

Next
Friday though, we'll be in Belgium again, as my (maternal) granddad
turns 100! He's just marvellous and I love him very very much!

Finding
a birthday present for my uncle was no problem at all. He's a racing
cyclist and would like a new, more sophisticated bike – so there's
a piggybank to feed.

Finding
something suitable for my granddad was a tough nut to crack. Last
year he moved into a retirement home and he kind of has all he needs
and little space for much more. Now what? Actually my mum came up
with an idea. In the evenings my granddad likes to watch telly but he
told my mum it gets chilly after a while. He's already got a blanket
to put on his lap, but his hands are still cold. Thus my mum thought
of a hand muff! Great! Thanks mum!

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English:My name is Marjan. I was born in Belgium in 1970. I moved to Germany in the early nineties for love's sake. Even though I got fairly disappointed some years later I never considered returning home as my children were born here in Germany. Fortunately I never did, since I never would have met my wonderful second husband. Read more here.